The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-01-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.

from Duluth to st. { loud, thence to Lltch-
field ON to Mankato, thence to st. Claire
to Alma City, to New kichland to Geneva
to Austin, and branch from Alma City,
southerly to Albert Lea. The capital
stock is So 600 900. The reason for TAX
iEg this action now is that the company
viii ask this legislature to transfer to it
the franchise Of the old Austin, Mankato
d st. Cloud road, now held By the MilwaV-
kce road.
Warden H. G. Stordock has appointed !.
A. Westby deputy warden OF the peniten-
tiaTy at saltwater. Mr.. Westby has lived
in Red Wing for eighteen years, and is well
known throughout the state. He has
served one term deputy sheriff Of Good
hue county, and for the last ten years has
b en- chief OF police Of Red Wing. Four
years ago he was assistant sergeant-at-
arms OF the state senate, and at the last
session was elected sergeant alarms.
The Litchfeld Wooden mill, which has
been in operation only since the first Of
last April, has proven satisfactory in it's
operations.
The total number Of births in Anoka,
county in $50 was 2S7, and deaths 176.
The report Of the births and deaths in
Dakota county for $50 shows the number
OF births 522 and deaths PIP. OF these
numbers Hastings reports 131 births and
7G deaths.
CIough Bros. OF Minnea polls have Just
purchased the Woodbury. pine lands on
Rum river, owned by J. P Wood bury OF
kalamazoo, Mich, the price paid oeing
500, 600 cash down.
st. Cloud has paid over to the water
power company the last SO, 900 OF the
$1,000 bonus given by the city for the
building OF the dam across the Mississippi
river and the canal. The engineers report
ed the work completed.
Pensions have lately been allowed to
the following people in Minnesota: Syi-
via Thorpe, Minneapolis; A. NJ. Ham.
lin. st. Cloud; \. Hanmann, Elmore; {. Z.
Brown, Minneapolis; T. L. Doble Murd ock;
James H LinEey. pelvan Station; +. j.
Russell, East Granite Falls; Charles Nena.
bic, Plainview: minors OF d. A. NJ. Pillson,
Burnha myille; Peter Brown, Scott; J. T.
Doughertv, Kandiyohi: John Bitter, Wa
coma; J. w. Dewall, Red Wing. Pensions
ncrea sed-C. Groetzinger, Winona; A
Durham. LIE Sueur; Charles Homan, Crooks.
ton; James Doherty, lie Sueur; Fritz
MaiXner, White Bear.
West st. Paul wants to have a sento
rial district all by itself.
At Minneapolis Judge Young declines &c
grant divorce to Albert ?. Martin.
The senate confirms all Of Gov. McGil's
appointments.
j. A. Westby is appointed deputy war
den OF the saltwater penitentiary.
The legislature will be asked to appro.
pirate S25, 900 a year iorfive years for Ped
river rainage.
At the annual meeting OF the Minnesota
Sherifs association at st. Paul, Sheriffs
from twenty eight counties OF the state
were present. Officers for the ensuing wear
klp tod foil
Richter of Ramsey county; vice president
j ohm Nugent. Wright county: secretary, P.
2. Swenson: Hennepin county; treasurer j,
E. Gettman, Dodge county.
Fully five thousand people paid admis-
sion at Minneapolis to witness the six
round glove contest between J ohm L. Sull-
van and Patsey Cardiff. The fight, ii any
thing was worse hippodrome than the
recent tiasco in St. Paul between Pat Kill
len and Billy Bra dburn, the heavy hitter
OF the Chicago stock yards. The announced
terms OF the fight were 70 per cent. of the
receipts to the winner and 20 to the loser.
The referee, Pat sullivan. the Mike Nc
Donald OF Minneapolis, declared the fight
Il draw.
The depot at Sleepy Eye. the upper part
OF which was occupied by train dispatchers,
was burned to the ground. Chief Train
Dispatcher F. \. Stewart, after saving
some instruments, mario WY escaped
through a window OF the second story.
The school house in District No. 9 three
miles southeast OF Rochester. was burned,
the fire being caused by the explosion Of
the stove. Loss, 81, 200; insured in the
Continental for $3.50.
At Red Wing, the store of John a. Ora.
ham, dealer in dry goods and notions, has
been closed on writ of attachment. The
failure which was entirely IlOey,1actaj is
heavy one.
y Swede, aged sixty years, was frozen to
death while walking from the train at Bel.
trami to Edna.
2. August Anderson. a Swede, who lived
with c. ". Condit in the town OF Moscow.
treebOrn county committed suicide by
hanging himself in the barn.
There is a revival of religion at Waseca.
Thomas Cowing, one OF the oldest set
tiers OF Douglas county, was buried at
\ !eXandria. He was seventy-fve years OF
age, born in Farnley, Northumberland
county, England, came to the United
States in 1850, settling in Dane county,
Wis, removed to Adams county, Wis in
1857 and to Dousla county, Mimi, Ang.
l, 1861. He was the last OF Il family of
thirteen. Seven OF his children followed
his remains to the grave, as follows: George
f, Hon. T. F. and viii H, Fergus Falls;
Albert and Mrs. Libbie Hubert, Crook
ST on; Mrs. Mary Reynolds, ST. Cloud. and
Hon. j. p. Cowing OF Alexandria, two
children being absent.
Mr. Crisp, from the committee on com.
merce, OF the National House, reported
favorably with amendment Mr.. Nelson's
House Bill No. 1925, authorizing the
Duluth & Manitoba railroad to build %
bridge across the Red River OF the North
at II point on the boundary line between
the counties of Polk and Marshall and the
county OF Grand Forks, Oak
AT Minneapolis, Kent. 7. Z. Swanson was
crushed to death between a load OF lumber
and box car on u private railway track.
People from many parts of the north
west and many large cities attended the
Sullivan Singing match at Minneapolis,
and were disguised at the outcome.
The Minnesota Forestry Association at
its annual session elected the following Of
ficers: President-EN Gov. WA. r. Mar
shall, st. Paul; Vice Presidents William
Somerville, Eyota; ]. II. Brown, Provi.
dence; w. H. Fuller, Litehfeld; J. H. Stew
ems Minneapolis; VIM. Barrett, Big Stone
Treasurer. +. Williams, St. Paul Ex.
ecutive Committee-Ge George L. Becker. St.
Paul; L. d. Potter Minneapolis; H. Trott,
ST. Paul; Senator Clark, Window: II. E.
Hoard. Montevideo
The following named Minnesota post
masters have been commissioned: w. J,
Ross, Harthcote; William Baer Dora.
New postoffices have been established in
Minnesota as follows: Evans, Brown
county, with NJ. Narsette, postmaster.
Oatesville, Washington county, with Chas.
Ekdahl postmaster.
Nine students were matriculated at tho
Seabury Divinity school at taripault re-
Gently.
Mr., Strait has been notified that pen
atoms have been granted John Bitter of
Waconia, J. t. Dougherty OF kaudiyohs
and Peter Brown of Jordan.
Mrs James King OF Ors onvile, was suf.
located by coal gas,
At the meeting OF the executive commit.
tee OF the State Farmers alliance held at
the Clarendon hotel, it WAS decided to hold
the annual meeting at Market hall Feb. 2,
1897, and continue in session until its la
bors are completed. The officers of the al.
lance are;--George W. Sprague, president;
Charles Canning, vice president at large;
0. j. Hattlestad. Erie Olson, Mat Mach